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So what happens when body dies? Spirit dies too?Sure there are. The ones that are occupying physical bodies.
As I see it, we are spiritual beings experiencing a human life.
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So what happens when body dies? Spirit dies too?Sure there are. The ones that are occupying physical bodies.
As I see it, we are spiritual beings experiencing a human life.
In my understanding alive means the being has a soul/spirit.
It is good we not agree always you have your understanding and Inhave mine, that said maybe both are rightMy view is different. Prana gives life.
So what happens when body dies? Spirit dies too?
How do you decide whether something has a soul/spirit? Do bacteria have souls? Plants? Rocks? Viruses?In my understanding alive means the being has a soul/spirit.
Do you believe the universe as a body has life and consciousness?I have an aversion to the term "spirit" because it has so many different meanings for different people. My view is different from some Vedantins, as most believe the subtle and causal bodies survive death of the physical body. In my understanding, the gross and subtle bodies fall away, and the causal body continues on in various forms (or even without form) until moksha (liberation) is achieved.
Even after moksha is achieved, the subtle body may continue to take form as jivanmukta (liberated physical being).
Do you believe the universe as a body has life and consciousness?
In my understanding, everything that exist in the physical world has a spirit. Otherwise it can not exist. But I don't ask others to believe the way I doHow do you decide whether something has a soul/spirit? Do bacteria have souls? Plants? Rocks? Viruses?
So, having a soul is not a criterion to decide if something is alive. Computers exist in the physical world, so they have a soul. But you already excluded computers from being alive.In my understanding, everything that exist in the physical world has a spirit. Otherwise it can not exist. But I don't ask others to believe the way I do
The reason I said this is that in my understanding we are inter-dimensional beings so we exist in many places at once. So each object like a computer has a spirit in a different dimension. But the plastic in it self is not alive, as far as I understandSo, having a soul is not a criterion to decide if something is alive. Computers exist in the physical world, so they have a soul. But you already excluded computers from being alive.
And "spiritual beings" do not exist in the physical world but you want them to be include in the "alive" set.
... and mutate, grow and respond to stimuli. As I said, close, but when you accept "close", chimpanzees should be humans and enjoy human rights.
There is one criterion out of seven that viruses don't fullfil.Perhaps, but I don't see many inorganic things multiplying - so rather a larger difference than between us and chimpanzees.
There is one criterion out of seven that viruses don't fullfil.
How many criteria do chimpanzees miss out of how many?
Blurring the lines isn't helpful.
and the Carpenter said......Let the dead bury the deadWhen we speak of life, most people think of a being with a physical body.
But is that the only life that can exist?
What does it mean to be alive?
and the Carpenter said......Let the dead bury the dead
I get it
When we speak of life, most people think of a being with a physical body.
But is that the only life that can exist?
What does it mean to be alive?